Jesus and John and the Beatitudes Lessons Review
A 1897 commentary overview of the Sunday School quarter’s first lessons on Jesus and John the Baptist, Temptation of Jesus, Calling of Matthew, Beatitudes, Lord’s Prayer, and related parables, with Golden Texts and moral exhortations.
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Golden Text
D. M
J. M. Stearns
Jesus
John
Jordan
David
Satan
Eden
Capernaum
Peter
Andrew
James
Matthew
Jerusalem
John the Baptist
Herod
Herodias
Red and Gold Maples Inspire Quiet Romance
Julia Fanshawe Brinckerhoff notes a quiet scene where a woman in a red gown and golden hair draws the speaker's gaze away from the woods shimmering in red and gold. The lover sees only her beauty, the changing maples lost to his vision, as New York Times records the moment.
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Julia Fanshawe Brinckerhoff
New York Times
Tiger and Bull Fight Ends With Tiger Believed Dead
A Paris Plaza de Madrid exhibition staged a brutal contest between Cesar the Bengal tiger and an Andalusian fighting bull. The tiger, housed in a 47 yard square cage, was tossed and mauled, finally left with five broken ribs and numerous horn wounds. Cesar later revived and fled to his van, while the bull left the cage uninjured. A Sioux City Sunday school anecdote follows about a child’s answer to a math paradox and faith.
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Paris
London Post
Plaza de Madrid
Cesar
Spessardi
Plaza
Toro
Sioux City
Sioux City Journal
The Other Woman and a Visitor's Return
Sylvia Benson, lonely in a small New England room, discovers a visitor from Iowa, Mary Andrews, claiming shared past with Sylvia's late lover Tom Andrews. Mary seeks reconciliation and recounts hardship, while Sylvia contemplates forgiveness and a renewed domestic bond.
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Sylvia Benson
Ellen
Trypheny
John
West
Sylvia
Mary Andrews
Ioway
Tom Andrews
Mrs. Andrews
Iowa
Springfield Republican
Mistaken Prescription Charge Corrected by Clerk
A druggist notices a clerical error after a customer highlighted a charge of 75 cents for a prescription when the regular price was one dollar. The clerk admits he miscalculated the ingredient cost, yielding a three cent error instead of four, and explains he was rattled at the moment.
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Chicago Post
In Conclusion Says Sermon Truth Pointed Out
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote highlights a preacher whose sermons are long yet always end with a pointed takeaway. The exchange notes the effective moment arrives in the conclusion.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
California Name Origin By Cortes In 1535
The name California derives from Spanish words caliente fornalli meaning hog furnace. Cortes gave the term in 1535 to the peninsula now called Lower California, which he discovered, due to its hot climate.
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California
Cortes
Peninsula
Lower
Quote fragment from Ally Sloper cartoon exchange
Dialogic exchange features Freddy Tommy and mother figure in old comic strip style. The lines capture a humorous contrast as Freddy frets becoming a man while his mother is jokingly called a new woman.
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Freddy
Tommy
Bochool
Ally Sloper
Minister's Daughter Invited to Party Sparks Bistro Banter
A London Tit-Bits dialogue centers on inviting Lucy Littway, the minister's daughter, to a party. The exchange explores social norms for ministers' children and ends with a wish that the speaker's father were not a miserly sinner.
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Mamma
Lucy Littway
London
Childlike Pretendings in a Dramin Room
A comic exchange features Mrs Hunt a popular pauper and Albert a keen pupil as they stage a pretend scene in a dormitory like a kind lady’s room. Albert responds with shy reverence requesting the “Heaven” look while his mother asks what he will say.
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Tiger and Bull
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Glenwood Ranges
Lee
Concord Junction, Mass
Tuttles
Jones & Wethergee
South Acton, Mass
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